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Part 1 of my video interview with legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch, whose credits include: The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient and Cold Mountain.

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LINK:
http://bit.ly/Murch1-thefilmbook

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Part 2 of my video interview with legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch, whose credits include: The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient and Cold Mountain.

In this video Walter explains why he always chooses to edit in real time, by hitting the edit point on the fly.

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LINK:
http://bit.ly/WalterMurch2-thefilmbook

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The video is an edit of Peter’s presentation shot by Pauline Maillet during the AFC’s HDR Day in Paris.

link: bit.ly/PeterDoyleHDR2thefilmbook

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Great in-depth presentation by the Mad Max : Fury Road director of photography, John Seale, ACS ASC, and the second unit cinematographer, David Burr, ACS about the making of this old-school film.

Watch this on vimeo

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Masterful execution of bank robbery / chase by director Edgar Wright, with dp Bill Pope, cut to “Bellbottoms” by editors Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss

I especially like the first 2 1/2 minutes: introduction to the main character, with glimpses of the robbery from the getaway driver’s perspective.

Great pop cinema.

LINK
http://bit.ly/BabyDriverOpening

Jeff Desom’s methodical assembly of all the shots of the courtyard in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece is an extraordinary piece of storyboarding. You get to see all the different homes and stories that make up the courtyard, and to see the plot unfold. Desom actually used this footage to create a 20-minute 3-projector looping video installation.

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Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

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links:

vimeo video

jeffdesom.com’s explanation of the installation project

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The video from Project Otome demonstrates the scanning of a model’s face, then a live projection of video of different make-up styles on the face, as well as weirder CGI renderings. The technical accomplishment is the ability to match the video to the face as it moves in real-time.

Otome is a collaboration between Japanese media artist Nobumichi Asai, makeup artist Hiroto Kuwahara & French digital image engineer Paul Lacroix.

OMOTE / REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING & PROJECTION MAPPING from something wonderful on Vimeo.

The effect is stunning and brings to mind one of my favorite works of my friend Michael Naimark, Displacements, where he painted a room white, then rotated a film projector in its center that “painted” the white furniture and walls with colored images of themselves.

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links:

video on vimeo

Tech Times: Omote face tracking and projection mapping system is amazingly creepy: Here’s why
Nobumichiasai web site
naimark.net: Displacements

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Gordon is gone, but he leaves behind his wonderful trail-blazing work including visual masterpieces like:
- Klute
- Godfather part 1
- Godfather part 2
- Manhattan
- All the President’s Men

Gordon Willis changed the art of cinematography for ever.
May God bless his soul.

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The photo is from Caleb Deshchanel’s toast to Gordon 5 years ago, when he finally received his well-deserved honorary Oscar. Caleb’s speech remains a funny, apt tribute to the outspoken man and great artist.

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Caleb Deschanel toast Gordon Willis

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Presented in the Main Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. This portmanteau of shorts on the theme of vengeance by Argentine director Damián Szifrón looks promising.

watch on YouTube

“Todos podos perder el control”

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